Become a Voyeur Within the Cinematic Suspense of Ghost Cop’s Video for “PROBLEMS”

The New York City-based duo, Ghost Cop, strike again with their new song, “PROBLEMS.” As the first single off their LP, TROUBLE , that’s out October 4th, “PROBLEMS” further emphasizes Lucy Swope and Sean Dack’s dedication to the art of drama, using electronic music as a means to help set the mise-en-scène. Part chilling Giallo soundtrack, part pulsating dark dance, the track’s delicate—yet sinister—synthesizer layers build and break to create a cinematic, neon-soaked dream (or nightmare).

Swope’s voice is tantalizing and trepidatious, as if she’s luring the listener into submission while, simultaneously, warning them. “PROBLEMS is a song about embracing one’s inner darkness, and working with it, not against it,” says Swope and Dack. “It’s for anyone who’s ever been put down by being called ‘crazy.’ It’s probably the closest thing we’ll ever write to an empowerment song, except, true to our style, it’s more of a ‘fuck you.’ It’s the perfect advance single for TROUBLE, which deals with similar themes of mental illness and depression.” Ghost Cop’s forte is their innate ability to weave a suspense-filled web of dramatic elements and graceful song arrangements—”PROBLEMS” is no different.

It’s no coincidence the music video for “PROBLEMS” is eerie and jarring, a celluloid fantasy that embraces vintage thriller and horror films with its stark, monochromed lighting with intense, deep shadows. The masked character, replete in a shiny trench coat and knee-high boots, stalks around an empty home, peering out windows and perching in the kitchen for a cup of tea. They are biding their time… but why? And for whom?

“The video is a campy, fun reimagining of a home invasion movie as a Goldilocks tale–what if the intruder was just having some harmless fun?” asks Ghost Cop. Watch the video below.

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